The Wii U

Wii U

Wii U the next generation of games consoles

At first people believed that the Wii U would be called the Wii HD and that it would focus on high definition and have a built in Blu-ray, but Nintendo president satoru iwata stated that there was no reson for this. The release date for the Wii U in europe is the 20th November 2012 and is the 18th in the US

Prices for the Wii U in europe has not been announced as retailers, by law, are allowed to set their own release price. In the US they have set it at $249.99 for the 8GB version and $349.99 for the 32GB version.

Retailers such as amazon UK are selling the 32GB premium black Wii U for £299.00 and the 8GB basic pack for £249.00

Games

Games such as Black ops 2, assasins creed 3 (priced at £49.99) and New super mario brothers UK (priced at £44.97) will be released for the Wii U opn release and other ports such as Mass effect 3 and batman arkham city will be released.

Multi media

Nintendo is working with companies such as netflix and youtube, this aims to bring digital movie and television to the Wii U.

Network capabilities

the Wii U aims to follow in in the speps on PS3's Playstation Network and XBOX's XBOX live by introducing Nintendo network. This provides a multiplayer service, video chatting and digital downloads,